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HURRICANE KATE FORECAST/ADVISORY NUMBER  42
NWS TPC/NATIONAL HURRICANE CENTER MIAMI FL   AL162003
0300Z MON OCT 06 2003
 
HURRICANE CENTER LOCATED NEAR 33.0N  56.1W AT 06/0300Z
POSITION ACCURATE WITHIN  15 NM
 
PRESENT MOVEMENT TOWARD THE NORTH OR  10 DEGREES AT  10 KT
 
ESTIMATED MINIMUM CENTRAL PRESSURE  977 MB
EYE DIAMETER  20 NM
MAX SUSTAINED WINDS  80 KT WITH GUSTS TO 100 KT.
64 KT....... 30NE  30SE  30SW  30NW.
50 KT....... 60NE  60SE  50SW  60NW.
34 KT.......150NE 150SE 100SW 100NW.
12 FT SEAS..600NE 300SE 200SW 400NW.
WINDS AND SEAS VARY GREATLY IN EACH QUADRANT.  RADII IN NAUTICAL
MILES ARE THE LARGEST RADII EXPECTED ANYWHERE IN THAT QUADRANT.
 
REPEAT...CENTER LOCATED NEAR 33.0N  56.1W AT 06/0300Z
AT 06/0000Z CENTER WAS LOCATED NEAR 32.3N  56.2W
 
FORECAST VALID 06/1200Z 35.0N  55.8W
MAX WIND  70 KT...GUSTS  85 KT.
64 KT... 30NE  30SE  30SW  30NW.
50 KT... 60NE  60SE  50SW  60NW.
34 KT...150NE 150SE 100SW 100NW.
 
FORECAST VALID 07/0000Z 39.1N  54.5W
MAX WIND  65 KT...GUSTS  80 KT.
64 KT... 20NE  20SE   0SW   0NW.
50 KT... 60NE  60SE  40SW  40NW.
34 KT...150NE 150SE 100SW 100NW.
 
FORECAST VALID 07/1200Z 44.3N  50.8W...BECOMING EXTRATROPICAL
MAX WIND  60 KT...GUSTS  75 KT.
50 KT... 60NE  60SE  40SW  40NW.
34 KT...150NE 200SE 100SW  75NW.
 
FORECAST VALID 08/0000Z 50.0N  44.4W...EXTRATROPICAL
MAX WIND  55 KT...GUSTS  65 KT.
50 KT...  0NE  75SE  75SW   0NW.
34 KT...150NE 300SE 200SW  75NW.
 
FORECAST VALID 09/0000Z 59.0N  25.0W...EXTRATROPICAL
MAX WIND  55 KT...GUSTS  65 KT.
50 KT...  0NE 100SE 100SW   0NW.
34 KT...100NE 450SE 300SW  75NW.
 
EXTENDED OUTLOOK. NOTE...ERRORS FOR TRACK HAVE AVERAGED NEAR 275 NM
ON DAY 4 AND 375 NM ON DAY 5...AND FOR INTENSITY NEAR 20 KT EACH DAY
 
OUTLOOK VALID 10/0000Z 60.0N   5.0W...EXTRATROPICAL
MAX WIND  55 KT...GUSTS  65 KT.
 
OUTLOOK VALID 11/0000Z...EXTRATROPICAL EAST OF GREENWICH MERIDIAN
 
REQUEST FOR 3 HOURLY SHIP REPORTS WITHIN 300 MILES OF 33.0N  56.1W
 
NEXT ADVISORY AT 06/0900Z
 
FORECASTER STEWART
 
 
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